Managerial Accounting and the Business Environment Chapter 1 © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Learning Objective 1 Understand the role of management accountants in an organization. McGraw-‐Hill/Irwin Slide 2 Organizational Structure Decentralization is the delegation of decisionmaking authority throughout an organization. Corporate Organization Chart Board of Directors President Purchasing Personnel Vice President Operations Chief Financial Officer Controller
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University of Phoenix Material Role of Financial Accounting versus Managerial Accounting Matrix Compare and contrast financial accounting and managerial accounting by answering the following questions in the matrix provided. Cite any sources you use in accordance with APA guidelines. Term or Concept Financial Accounting Managerial Accounting What is the primary purpose of the accounting system? The main purpose of financial accounting is to prepare financial reports that provide information
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CHAPTER 11 DECISION MAKING AND RELEVANT INFORMATION SHORT‐ANSWER QUESTIONS 11‐1 The five steps in the decision process outlined in Exhibit 11‐1 of the text are 1. Identify the problem and uncertainties 2. Obtain information 3. Make predictions about the future 4. Make decisions by choosing among alternatives 5. Implement the decision‚ evaluate performance‚ and learn An example of interdependencies include absenteeism/low employee morale and increased labour costs. 11‐2
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Managerial Accounting Study Guide Chapter 2 Differences between financial and managerial accounting Managerial accounting provides information to managers‚ the people inside the organization who direct and control its operations. Financial accounting provides information to stockholders‚ creditors‚ and others who are outside the organization. Managerial accounting = inside the organization Financial accounting = outside the organization Exhibit 2-2 Comparison of Financial and Managerial Accounting
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2 Company Operations Tutorial Solutions Chapter 3 Company operations Review Questions 11. When do dividends become a legal debt of the company? When are they to be recognised as liabilities? Where a company has a constitution that provides for directors to declare a dividend‚ then a dividend becomes a debt of the company once the dividend is declared. Where no such statement exists in a company’s constitution‚ then the debt will only arise when the time for payment of the dividend arrives. However
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J. Llano Managerial Accounting Performance Measures & Responsibilities Managerial accounting in simple terms relates to providing information in support of the internal management processes which aids managers to identify‚ accumulate‚ analyze‚ interpret and use collected information to help the company meet its organizational
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Thomas Edison State College Principles of Managerial Accounting (ACC-102) Final Project 1. Cost-volume-profit relationships (15 points) The following data are available for a product manufactured and sold by Logan Company: Compute the following: (a) Contribution margin per unit: $_______________ Solution: Computation of the Contribution margin per unit Contribution margin per unit = Selling price per unit – Variable Cost per unit Where as Selling price per unit = 212 Variable Cost per
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Solutions to Problems and Exercises TABLE OF CONTENTS * Chapter 1 1 Concepts for Analysis 1-5 1 Concepts for Analysis 1-6 2 Concepts for Analysis 1-10 3 Concepts for Analysis 1-11 3 * Chapter 2 4 Brief Exercise 2-3 4 Brief Exercise 2-4 4 Brief Exercise 2-5 4 Exercise 2-3 5 * Chapter 3 6 Exercise 3-6 6 Exercise 3-9 6 Exercise 3-11 8 Exercise 3-14 10 Exercise 3-15 10 Exercise 3-16 10 * chapter 4 12 Exercise 4-2 12 Exercise 4-4 13 Exercise 4-5 16 Exercise 4-12 17
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University of Washington – ACCT 225 – Intro Managerial Accounting Midterm 2 Study Guide Below is a list of some of the things you should definitely be familiar with for Midterm 2. It is not intended to be a complete list. Rather‚ this should be used a supplement to the studying you were otherwise doing. Chapter 7 Under variable costing‚ only those manufacturing costs that vary with production quantity (output) are included as product costs. This would typically include direct materials‚ direct
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Chapter 01 Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts Answer Key True / False Questions 1. Managerial accounting is primarily concerned with the organization as a whole rather than with segments of the organization. FALSE AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting Bloom’s: Knowledge Learning Objective: 1 Level: Easy 2. Managerial accounting places less emphasis on nonmonetary data than financial accounting. FALSE AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA
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